1 Changes between 1.1.x and 1.2.0-git:
2 ------------------------------------
4 Important changes for packagers:
5 * The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for
6 its file systems and files content (except the Windows port). If this is
7 not acceptable, pass --enable-non-utf8 to the configure script.
8 Non-UTF-8 file systems support will be removed in future versions.
9 * The VLC plugins path can be overriden with the VLC_PLUGIN_PATH environment
10 variable. The --plugin-path command line option was removed.
11 * The default tarballs are now compressed with XZ/LZMA: .tar.xz
12 * OSS support is not compiled on Linux by default, pass --enable-oss to the
13 configure script if you use OSSv4 or really want to use OSS emulation.
15 * The NPAPI webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git
16 * The ActiveX webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/activex-vlc.git
20 * Major Video Core and Outputs rework and rewrite:
21 Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside video outputs
22 x11 (Unix), OpenGL (Unix) and Direct3D (Windows) are such video outputs.
23 * Almost every video filter can now be transcoded
24 * Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore
25 * Option --sub-filter was renamed --sub-source
28 * Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files
29 * BDA: experimental support for ClearQam devices
30 * DVB-S scanning support on Unix
31 * DVB-C scanning on Unix scans correct modulation/symbolrate if needed
32 * DShow: support for freq and video standard selection
33 * Support for VDR recordings (http://www.tvdr.de/) folders
34 * Blu-Ray Discs integration using libbluray
35 * HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support
36 * Blackmagic DeckLink SDI cards input support (Linux only currently)
37 * Linear Systems (HD-)SDI cards input support (Linux)
38 * RTP: support for dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format
39 in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now
40 * Basic HTCPCP implementation for Coffee Pot control
41 * QTCapture: added support for all QTKit-compatible video input devices
42 * X11 Screen: support for capturing partially hidden windows
45 * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc
46 * Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV
47 * Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards
48 * New module for decoding EBU subtitles (.stl)
51 * New images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm
52 * C64 SID file playback support using sidplay2
53 * Ogg seeking improvements
54 * Support for images/cover art in wma/wmv/asf files
55 * Improvements in .ape files metadata reading and writing
56 * New demuxer module for EBU subtitles (.stl)
59 * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes
60 * Qt: effects dialogs rework
61 * Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist
62 * Qt: port to MacOS X platform
63 * Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support
64 and important cleanups and optimisations
65 * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface
66 * Mac OS X: new Audio Effects panel adding Compressor and Spatializer filters
67 * Mac OS X: new Track Synchronization panel
68 * The rc and telnet lua interfaces were merged into a new "cli" interface
69 * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model
70 * dbus: Upgrade to an mpris2 compliant interface, see http://www.mpris.org
73 * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update)
74 * New video output for iOS platform
75 * Experimental work in progress on a video output using EGL
76 * Adaptation of the OpenGL layer for OpenGL ES 1.1
77 * Various vmem improvements
78 * OpenGL video output now accepts YUV as input and uses fragment programs for
82 * New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS
83 * New audio output in memory (amem)
84 * Important simplification and improvements in the core audio output
87 * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering
88 * Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality
89 * New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors
90 * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht up to 254 channels
91 * New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos
92 * New deinterlacer mode Phosphor, a framerate doubling CRT TV simulator
93 * New deinterlacer mode IVTC, to do live inverse telecine for NTSC films
94 * New subsdelay filter to change subtitles delay
95 * New anti-flickering filter
98 * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor
101 * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) output
102 example: vlc inputfile :sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp3,
103 venc=x264{profile=baseline},width=320,vb=256,ab=96}:std{
104 access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8,
105 index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames},
106 dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}"
107 * RTP: support for Vorbis and Theora
108 * Major rework of VoD support
109 * New delay module, to introduce delays of one ES, when streaming:
110 #delay{id=12,delay=500}:standard...
111 * New setlang, setid modules to change lang or id of one ES, when streaming:
112 #setid{id=12,new-id=42}:std...
113 * New langfromtelx module, to change lang of one ES, when streaming, based on
114 a telextex page: #langfromtelx{id=12,magazine=7,page=0x99,row=1}:std...
115 * New select module, to replace an existing ES with another ES in the same track
116 #duplicate{dst=bridge-out{id=1},select=video,dst=bridge-out{id=0xa3},select=audio}
117 #transcode{...}:bridge-in{id-offset=0}:select{disable=0}:setid{id=0,newid=0xa3}:autodel:std{...}
120 * Search API to be able to query distant search APIs from the interfaces
121 * Upnp module was ported to Win32
124 * New capabilities for libVLC:
125 ** libvlc_media_player_navigate for DVD navigation
126 ** libvlc_audio_filter_list_get, libvlc_video_filter_list_get to get the
127 list of available audio and video filters
128 ** libvlc_audio_set_format, libvlc_audio_set_format_callbacks, libvlc_audio_set_callbacks
129 allow grabbing audio data from a chosen memory location in real-time.
132 * asademux: use libass only
133 * subsass: use libass
134 * fake, invmem: use the new image demuxers
135 * hal, v4l, gapi, omapfb, hd1000a, hd1000v: obsolete unmaintained modules
137 * upnp: use upnp_intel
138 * removal of old telnet interface in favor of the new lua CLI
139 * removal of http interface in favor of luahttp
142 Changes between 1.1.9 and 1.1.10:
143 ---------------------------------
145 Windows and Mac OS X:
146 * Update of external library modplug, to address multiple security issues
149 * Improved Media Key handling based upon SPMediaKeyTap by Spotify AB
150 * Fix for various crashes and small issues
153 * Fix heap corruption / integer overflow in XSPF playlist parser
156 * PulseAudio output re-written due to unstability of the current one
159 * Remove the fontconfig dependency from the freetype module
161 Miscellaneous fixes in:
162 * Windows 7 taskbar buttons
164 * asx, live555, dvdnav demuxer
165 * RTP output and XML export
166 * Subtitles colours when using GPU decoding on Windows
170 * Update of Norwegian Bokmål, Slovak, Afrikaans, Luganda,
171 Brazillian Portuguese, Irish, Thai, Estonian, Chinese, Polish,
172 Dutch, German, Galician, Bulgarian, Lithuanian and Japanese translations
173 * Initial Basque, Zulu, Peul, Amharic, Acoli, Chiga translations
176 Changes between 1.1.8 and 1.1.9:
177 --------------------------------
179 Windows and Mac OS X:
180 * Update of external library modplug, to address a security issue
183 * mp4: Fix heap-based buffer overflow (VideoLAN-SA-1103)
186 * Miscellaneous interface look adjustments
187 * Improve Apple Remote handling
188 * Fixe bugs in the Streaming / Transcoding wizard
189 * Layout fixes in the Preferences and Controls windows
190 * Fix incomplete list of hotkeys in the Preferences dialog
191 * Fix quitting through Apple Events (Dock menu, App Switcher, AppleScript, etc.)
194 * Fix Growl local notification plugin
195 * VLC bundle now includes the Growl framework
199 * Updates of Lithuanian, Estonian, Chinese, Japanese, Bengali, Dutch, Polish,
200 German, Galician, Traditional Chinese translations
201 * New Luganda Translation
204 Changes between 1.1.7 and 1.1.8:
205 --------------------------------
208 * New UI graphics by Damien Erambert
211 * Oldrc interface is again the default RC interface, on Windows
212 * Luarc, luahttp and luatelnet fixes
213 * Qt and Mac OS X fixes
214 * numerous Skins2 fixes, notably winamp2 skins
217 * new libschroedinger-based Dirac codec encoder, faster than the current one
219 Access/Demuxers/Codecs:
220 * Subtitles auto-detection is back for .txt files
221 * vod/rtsp server and rtsp input fixes
222 * mp4 demuxer improvements
223 * ogg, rstp input, video filters minor fixes
224 * taglib's replaygain is fixed for mp3
225 * vobsub support has an improved auto-detection
226 * fix a crash in malformed ape files
228 Miscellaneous fixes in:
229 * Pulseaudio audio output, notably for usb cards
230 * Stacktraces are now limited in size on Windows
231 * Video resolution is now limited to 8192x8192, for security reasons
232 See CORE-2011-0208, CVE-2010-3275, CVE-2010-3276
233 * Configure and build system improvements
234 * DirectShow and BDA build headers have been updated
237 * Update for Finnish, Galician, Dutch, Chinese, German, Japanese, Lithuanian,
238 Slovak, French, Polish, Estonian, Brazillian Portuguese and Hebrew
239 * New icelandic translation
242 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.7:
243 --------------------------------
246 * Integration with the KDE GUI platform is disabled due to KDE bugs
250 * Updated live555 library to fix playback of RTSP and Freebox streams
251 * Running VLC in 64bit mode requires Mac OS X 10.6.0 or later for speed
252 and stability reasons
255 * Fix for Matroska / WebM remote code execution vulnerability.
259 * Update for Hebrew, Japanese, Danish and Russian translations
262 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.6.1:
263 ----------------------------------
266 * Fix libnotify, lirc, pulse compilation and packaging for Unix/Linux
269 Changes between 1.1.5 and 1.1.6:
270 ---------------------------------
273 * Multiple fixes and improvements on PulseAudio output
274 PACKAGERS are VERY STRONGLY advised to update libpulse to 0.9.22.
275 Update is required to use PulseAudio with the Phonon-VLC backend (KDE)
276 and with the Mozilla VLC web browser plugin.
279 * Fix the Audio CD crash when looking for CDDB metadata on Windows
282 * Support for MPC SV7 and SV8 on Windows and Mac OS X (Unix was already working)
283 * Enabled FluidSynth MIDI playback plugin on Mac OS X
284 * Faster VP8/Webm decoding with recent codecs libraries
285 * Fix heap corruption in CD+G decoder - CVE-2011-0021 / VideoLAN-SA-1101
288 * Fix Buffer overflow in Real demuxer - CVE-2010-3907 / VideoLAN-SA-1007
289 * Fix some asf/wmv seeking issues, notably when seek didn't go to a keyframe
290 * Support for 24-bits PCM over RTP (audio/L24)
292 Subtitles and renderer:
293 * Do not auto-detect .txt files for subtitles
294 * Mark more freetype options as safe
295 * Mac OS X: fixed fontconfig cache creation
296 * Fix heap corruption in subtitle decoders, potentially exploitable,
297 discovered by Harry Sintonen - sintonen at iki.fi - CVE-2011-0522
300 * Fix projectM visualization for Linux in all locales
301 * Fix projectM visualization support for Windows
302 * Various projectM improvements: the module should be working now
303 * Fix goom crash on Windows XP and Mac OS X
306 * Qt4: fixes for media keys processing and MCE remotes
307 * Qt4: various fixes and portability improvements
310 * KDE device solid actions
312 * Transcode integer overflow
313 * HTTP Icy metadata reading
314 * Windows: revert to 1.1.4 performance timers
317 * Update translations for Chinese, Nippon, Slovak, Estonian, Spanish, Galician,
318 Swedish, Bulgarian, French, Bengalese, German, Slovak, Japanese, Dutch,
319 Polish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Sinhala and Irish
322 Changes between 1.1.4.1 and 1.1.5:
323 ----------------------------------
326 * Fix a Windows crash on accessing Network Shared files/drives,
330 * Support for RTP access for H264 streams by specifying the demux in the MRL
333 * Integration in the playlist, of a list of web shows, provided by channels.com
336 * Game Music Emu (GME) plugin rewritten, using the proper C API
337 * DVDnav and DVDread fixes for encoding and misc issues
338 * Playback of live http .Webm streams
339 * Taglib thread-safety fix
342 * Fix decoding of H264 using DxVA2 using Intel IGP, thanks to the donation from
346 * Add an icon to VLC on Linux
349 * fix a bug that could lead to 100% CPU usage on XCB
352 * fix for Qt bug where VLC didn't exit properly on some Windows XP configuration
353 * fixes on luatelnet and luarc
355 Miscellaneous crashes and fixes in various plugins (telnet, live555, theora and
359 * add libvlc_media_new_fd() to play directly file descriptors (not Win32/Win64)
360 * Miscellaneous fixes
363 * Update translations for Walloon, Lithuanian, Spanish, Turkish, Estonian, Dutch,
364 Bengali, German, Polish, Brazillian Portuguese, Japanese, Italian, Galician,
366 * Major update and activation on Windows of Modern Greek
367 * New Asturian translation
370 Changes between 1.1.4 and 1.1.4.1:
371 ----------------------------------
374 * Fixed video output on PowerPC-based Macs for videos with widths divisible
376 * Fixed an issue with the Equalizer's 170Hz slider
379 * Fix crash when closing rtsp streams
382 * Fix Windows 7 jumplists with Unicode files
383 * Various fixes for Windows
386 * New Armenian translation
387 * Update translations for Dutch, Estonian, Lithuanian, Japanese, Nynorsk,
388 Brazillian Portuguese, Armenian, Wallon
391 Changes between 1.1.3 and 1.1.4:
392 --------------------------------
395 * Fix a security issue when loading DLLs, especially in Qt4 and dmo modules,
397 * Fix folders opening from the interface
400 * Update translations for Lithuanian, Bengali, Slovak, French, Dutch, Ukranian
401 Polish, Simplified Chinese, German and Galician
404 Changes between 1.1.2 and 1.1.3:
405 --------------------------------
408 * fixes for FTP relatives path and FTP directory support
409 * fix for podcasts parsing
410 * DVD: fix an assert error and various memory leaks
413 * fix NULL dereferences, as reported by FortiGuard Lab,
414 CVE-2010-2937 / VideoLAN-SA-1004
417 * fix a regression where the wrong entry was played
418 * fix m3u playlists exports
421 * fix video autoresize behaviour
424 * Update translations for Dutch, Sinhala, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish and Bengali
427 * Update of many codecs libraries, fixing bugs and improving speed
430 * architecture-specific installations will now be replaced by specific updates
433 * Add AltiVec detetion for OpenBSD/powerpc
436 Changes between 1.1.1 and 1.1.2:
437 --------------------------------
440 * Avformat fps displaying fix
441 * TS, fix an issue where some programs would get dropped (fixes DVB issues too)
444 * fix timestamps handling on some filters that provoked issues when playback
445 of mono streams, especially on Windows
448 * fix a bug in direct3d video output with old nVidia drivers that broke video
449 playback with overlay (YUV->RGB)
450 * fix console output encoding
452 Interface and extensions:
453 * Youtube and other scripts updates
454 * Misc fixes in Qt4 (especially VLM and EPG dialogs) and MacOS interface
457 Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.1.1:
458 --------------------------------
461 * New capabilities for libVLC:
462 * Adjust video filter control: libvlc_adjust_Enable,
463 libvlc_adjust_Contrast, libvlc_adjust_Brightness, libvlc_adjust_Hue,
464 libvlc_adjust_Saturation, libvlc_adjust_Gamma
465 * libvlc_media_player_set_pause() can force the pause state, whereas
466 libvlc_media_player_pause() would only toggle it.
467 * libvlc_set_user_agent() configures the "user agent" strings used for some
468 protocols (HTTP, PulseAudio...). This replaces the --http-user-agent and
469 the former --user-agent libvlc_new() parameters.
470 * libvlc_video_set_callbacks() and libvlc_video_set_format() allow grabbing
471 video frames from a chosen memory location in real-time. This replace the
472 ugly --vmem-* libvlc_new() parameters in previous versions.
473 See http://wiki.videolan.org/LibVLC_SampleCode_SDL as an example.
474 * libvlc_audio_get_delay() and libvlc_audio_set_delay() configure the delay
475 between audio and video/subpictures for the current input.
476 * Various fixes and crash preventions, especially when video functions were
480 * Fix performance issues with GPU decoding using DxVA2 using ATI graphic cards
481 You NEED ATI Catalyst 10.7
482 * Fix :program selection in TS and DVB-T
483 * Fixes and improvements for MKV, Avformat and Avcodec modules
484 * Fix mod (.xm, .s3m, .it) files support on Windows and Mac builds
487 * Fix h264 streaming in ts
490 * Qt: fix preferences, hotkeys, messages and some fulscreen behaviour
491 * Skins: support for mousewheel in fullscreen, fix radialsliders
492 * Http: fix fullscreen toggle
496 * VAAPI small improvements, notably for extraction mode selection
499 * Multiple interface and crash fixes
500 * Deinterlace selection is repaired
501 * Crashes when playing multi-channel tracks fixes
504 * Activation of DEP on XP SP3
505 * Fix opening of .m3u and .pls playlists
506 * Fix crash when My Document isn't available
507 * Fix crash when Windows was getting into standby while playing video
510 * Update translations for Spanish, Polish, German, Sinhala, Hungarian, Khmer,
511 Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Hebrew, Slovak, Galician
514 Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0:
515 --------------------------------
517 Important changes for users:
518 * On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output.
519 Update to alsa-lib 1.0.24 or later, or use the PulseAudio output instead.
521 Important changes for packagers:
522 * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be
523 generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the
524 later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script
525 by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc
526 can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to
528 * Most X11-related plugins now use XCB instead of Xlib. VLC now uses
530 - xcb, xcb-shm, xcb-xv, xcb-randr (from libxcb),
531 - xcb-keysyms (from xcb-utils),
532 - x11-xcb (from libx11) - only for GLX support.
533 * On X11 platforms, a _working_ version of xdg-screensaver is typically
534 required to inhibit the screensaver during video playback.
537 * Support for the sftp protocol
538 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port
539 * New memory input (imem) access and access_demux module to feed VLC from data in memory
540 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp://
541 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
542 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
545 * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7
546 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux
547 * Support for Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP
549 * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
550 * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment
551 * Invmem module improvements
552 * Support for Atrac1 audio codec
553 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs
554 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA
555 * Support for native decoding of Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec
556 * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port
557 * Support for Indeo5 video codec
558 * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support)
559 * Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module
560 * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec
561 * Support for VP8 codec
562 * Support for 7.1 channels in vorbis audio
565 * Many fixes on Matroska support (notably seeking) and support for Webm format
566 * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
567 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
568 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
569 * Various EGP improvements
570 * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files
571 * Metadata and cover art improvements
574 * WPL and ZPL playlist support
575 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
576 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
577 * Podcast images are now displayed
580 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
581 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
582 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
583 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
584 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
585 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
586 * Enhanced AtmoLight filter with hardware support for
587 Classic AtmoLight (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin)
588 Quattro AtmoLight (use just 4 Classic AtmoLights as one)
589 MoMoLight (http://www.ambilight4pc.com/momolight/momolight.html)
590 Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX)
593 * New content extensions lua framework
596 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
597 * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter
598 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited
599 resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF
600 and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API
601 * NEON assembly audio converter module
602 * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input
605 * Service discoveries can now be written in lua
606 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
607 * Service discovery based on libudev
608 * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed
611 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
612 * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example
613 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
614 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
615 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
616 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
617 * x264 has tune/preset parameters supported
620 * New smem module, streaming to memory
621 * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like:
622 --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}"
625 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
627 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
628 * qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist
631 * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries
634 * Vastly improved VLCKit framework
635 * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface
636 * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework
637 by Andy Matuschak et al.
638 * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer
639 * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit)
640 * Optimised behavior when using the 2009 Apple Remote
643 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
644 * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module
647 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
648 * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900
649 * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface
653 * --save-config command line option not supported anymore.
654 * Fixed and reenabled netsync module.
655 * Improved Solaris port
658 * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp
659 * phonon-VLC backend is now usable
662 * csri codec: use the libass module instead.
663 * galaktos visualisation: use the new projectM module instead.
664 * showintf: Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X
665 * transrate: broken since too long
666 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx: Use the new XCB modules instead.
667 * HAL: Use libudev instead.
668 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
669 * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces
670 * opie, qte and qte_main interfaces
671 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed: use the ugly one.
672 * XvMC accelerated modules: use VAAPI instead.
673 * MGA (Matroska) for Linux: use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead.
674 * opengllayer: use macosx_video instead.
675 * cddax: use cdda instead.
676 * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs.
677 * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec
678 * access_file removed in favor of filesystem
679 * RTMP input and output: use avio module
682 Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.0.6:
683 --------------------------------
686 * Fix crash on FTP URI with no file path
688 Decoders/Packetizers:
689 * Fix overflows in A/52, DTS, MPEG Audio and subtitles support
692 * Update LUA script for Youtube pages
693 * Fix crashes in AVI, ASF and Matroska files
694 * Fix crashes on malformatted ZIP archives
695 * Fix crashes and leaks in the FFmpeg/avformat plugin
696 * Fix crash on invalid XSPF playlist
699 * Partial Xlib threading fixes
700 More complete fixes are available in VLC 1.1.0. Please update!
703 * Fix crash (use after free) in Qt4 bookmarks
704 * Fix a few crashes in Qt4 playlist
707 * Simplified Chinese, Estonian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
708 and Walloon translations updated
709 * Sinhala translation started
712 * RTMP input and output are removed due to security problems. Please update
713 to VLC 1.1.0 which provides an FFmpeg-based RTMP input if needed.
716 Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5:
717 --------------------------------
720 * SubRip extra styles improvements
721 * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders
724 * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote
727 * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly
728 increase performance and fix x264 issues
731 * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali,
732 Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish
733 Russian, Slovak translation updates
734 * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations
737 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4:
738 --------------------------------
741 * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core
742 * Make PulseAudio the default output if available
745 * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers
746 * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing
749 * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3
750 * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm)
753 * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U)
756 * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher
757 * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD
760 * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices
761 * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard
764 * New Walloon translation
765 * Swedish, Ukrainian and French translation updates
768 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
769 --------------------------------
772 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
773 regressions in most popular drivers
774 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
777 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
778 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
779 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
782 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
783 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
786 * Update for appletrailers lua script
787 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
788 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
789 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
790 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
793 * New udev module for linux
796 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
799 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
802 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
803 --------------------------------
806 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
807 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
808 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
811 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
812 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
815 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
816 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
819 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
822 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
823 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
824 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
825 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
828 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
829 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
830 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
831 - no support for Goom and SDL
832 - limited text rendering support
833 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
836 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
837 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
838 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
839 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
840 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
841 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
842 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
843 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
844 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
848 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
851 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
854 * New Kazakh and Croatian translations
855 * Lithunanian translation is available on Windows
856 * Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese Brazilian,
857 Arabic and French translation updates
860 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
861 --------------------------------
864 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
865 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
866 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
867 * Fix Dailymotion access script
868 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
869 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
872 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
873 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria
876 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
877 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
878 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
881 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
884 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
885 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
888 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
889 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
890 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
891 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
892 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
893 * Fix various crashes
896 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
898 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian
901 Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
902 ---------------------------------
906 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
907 See 'Access:' for more info.
908 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
911 * Instantaneous pausing
912 * Frame-by-Frame playback
913 * Finer speed control
914 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
915 * Timeshift for most medias
916 * RTSP trickplay support
917 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
920 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
921 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
922 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
923 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
924 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
925 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
926 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
927 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
928 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
929 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
932 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
933 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
934 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
935 * Metadata for mod files are supported
936 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
937 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
938 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
941 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
942 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
945 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
946 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
947 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
948 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
949 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
950 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
951 * DVB scanning on linux
952 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
953 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
954 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
955 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
956 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
957 * MTP device access on Unix
958 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
959 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
962 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
963 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
964 Windows and Mac OS X.
967 * Export the playlist in HTML
968 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
969 * Better metadata handling and reading
971 Linux/Windows interface:
972 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
973 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
974 * Recently played items list
975 * Interface toolbar customizations
976 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
979 - Improvements on many dialogs
980 - New dialog for plugins listing
981 - Fixed-size mode for videos
982 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
983 * Better integration in GTK environments
986 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
987 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
988 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
989 * Additional usability improvements
992 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
993 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
994 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
995 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
996 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
999 * New Maemo port with:
1000 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
1001 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
1004 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
1007 * EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support
1008 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
1009 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
1010 * Support for latest iSight models
1013 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
1014 * Surround support for PulseAudio
1017 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
1018 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
1019 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
1020 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
1021 The old image video output has been removed.
1022 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
1023 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
1026 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
1034 Changes between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10:
1035 --------------------------------------
1041 * Fixed crashes on multi-screen setups
1042 * Corrected volume and subtitle encoding options in the Preferences
1043 * Improved Information panel behavior, when playlist is not displayed
1044 * Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models
1045 * Added a menu-item to unlock the video window's aspect ratio
1046 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
1047 * Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidi
1049 Various fixes to the following modules:
1052 - updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ...)
1053 - Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
1054 DZCORE Labs, Algeria
1056 - RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge
1061 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
1062 ---------------------------------
1065 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
1066 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
1069 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
1070 ---------------------------------
1073 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
1076 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
1079 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
1080 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
1081 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
1082 main controller window.
1083 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
1086 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
1091 * Updates of other localizations
1094 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
1095 * Lots of small bugfixes.
1096 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
1097 * Telnet fixes on Windows
1098 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
1101 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
1102 ---------------------------------
1105 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
1107 Bunch of small bugfixes.
1110 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
1111 --------------------------------
1116 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
1117 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
1120 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
1121 --------------------------------
1123 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
1124 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
1127 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
1130 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
1131 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
1134 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
1135 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
1138 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
1139 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
1140 * Various fixed in playlist
1143 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
1146 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
1149 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
1150 ------------------------------------
1152 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
1153 * Fixes several memory leaks.
1156 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
1157 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
1158 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
1161 * Stability fix for the video output.
1164 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
1165 --------------------------------
1168 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
1169 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
1170 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
1171 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
1172 * Fixed update system bugs
1173 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
1176 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
1177 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
1178 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
1179 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
1180 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
1181 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
1182 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
1183 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
1184 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
1185 modern Mac OS X versions
1188 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
1189 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
1191 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
1192 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
1195 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
1196 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
1197 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
1198 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
1199 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
1200 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
1203 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
1204 --------------------------------
1206 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
1207 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
1208 * Multiple bugfixes.
1211 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
1212 --------------------------------
1214 * Multiple bug fixes.
1217 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
1218 ---------------------------------
1222 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
1223 recent to work correctly
1224 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
1225 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
1226 edit the ".hosts" file.
1227 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
1228 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
1229 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
1230 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
1231 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
1232 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
1233 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
1234 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
1235 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
1236 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
1237 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
1238 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
1239 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
1240 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
1241 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
1242 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
1243 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
1244 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
1245 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
1246 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
1247 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
1248 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
1249 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
1250 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1251 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
1252 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
1253 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
1254 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
1255 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
1256 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
1257 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
1258 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
1259 and postproc modules.
1260 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
1261 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
1262 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
1263 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
1265 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
1266 filter. For example:
1267 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
1268 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
1270 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
1271 * Glide video output module has been removed.
1277 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
1279 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
1280 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
1283 * Vastly improved playlist support:
1284 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
1286 * Shoutcast TV listings
1287 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
1289 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
1290 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
1292 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
1295 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
1296 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
1297 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
1298 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
1299 * JACK audio input support
1300 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
1301 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
1302 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
1303 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
1304 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
1305 * Experimental EyeTV access module
1306 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
1307 (available as a separate download).
1308 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
1309 * RTMP input support
1310 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
1311 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
1312 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
1314 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
1315 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
1318 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
1319 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
1320 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
1321 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
1323 * APEv1/2 tags support
1324 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
1325 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
1327 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
1328 * TiVo Series 2 support
1329 * CD+G karaoke Files support
1334 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
1335 * Flash Screen Video support
1336 * CamStudio Screen Video support
1337 * DosBox Capture support
1338 * Karl Morton's Video support
1339 * limited atrac3 support
1341 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
1342 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
1343 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
1344 * H.264 PAFF support
1345 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
1346 * NellyMoser ASAO support
1347 * APE (Monkey audio) support
1348 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
1349 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
1352 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
1353 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
1354 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
1355 * AQTitle subtitles support
1356 * MKV USF subtitles support
1357 * HTML-based subtitles support
1358 * MPSub subtitles support
1359 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
1360 * MPL2 subtitles support
1361 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
1362 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
1363 * Realtext subtitle support
1364 * DKS subtitle support
1365 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
1366 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
1369 * Flash Screen Video support
1370 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
1372 Video outputs and filters:
1373 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
1374 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
1375 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
1376 * New puzzle video output filter
1377 * Re-written motion detection video filter
1378 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
1380 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
1381 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
1382 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
1383 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
1384 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
1385 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
1386 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1387 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1388 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
1389 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
1390 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
1391 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
1392 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
1393 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
1395 Audio outputs and filters:
1396 * Replay gain support
1397 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
1398 new scaletempo audio filter)
1399 * New spatializer audio filter
1400 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
1403 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
1404 * New RTP payload formats:
1405 * Speex voice audio codec
1406 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
1407 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
1408 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
1409 * DCCP transport for RTP
1410 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
1415 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
1416 end-user suitable way.
1417 * Improved user interaction
1418 * Improved mouse gestures
1419 * Vastly improved Update checker
1420 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
1422 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
1423 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
1425 * Improved video output features
1426 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
1427 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
1428 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
1429 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
1430 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
1432 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
1433 if libncursesw is available.
1434 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
1435 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
1436 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
1438 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
1439 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
1440 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
1441 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
1442 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
1443 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
1444 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
1445 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
1448 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
1449 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
1450 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
1453 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
1454 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
1455 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
1456 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1457 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
1458 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
1461 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
1462 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
1472 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
1473 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
1474 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
1477 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
1478 ----------------------------------
1481 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
1484 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
1485 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
1486 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1487 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
1488 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
1489 * Updated Polish translation
1492 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
1493 ----------------------------------
1496 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
1497 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
1498 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
1501 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
1502 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1503 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
1504 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
1505 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
1506 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
1507 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
1508 to an unexpected application termination
1509 * New Serbian translation
1510 * Updated Romanian translation
1513 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
1514 ----------------------------------
1517 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
1518 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
1519 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
1520 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
1521 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
1522 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
1523 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
1524 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
1527 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
1528 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
1529 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
1530 * Fixed AAC resampling
1531 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
1532 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
1535 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
1536 ----------------------------------
1539 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
1540 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
1541 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
1542 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
1543 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
1546 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
1547 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
1548 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
1549 * Close MMS access on network timeout
1550 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
1553 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
1554 ----------------------------------
1557 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
1558 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
1561 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
1562 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
1563 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
1564 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
1566 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
1570 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
1573 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
1576 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
1579 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
1582 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
1583 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
1584 encoding on multi-cpu systems
1585 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
1586 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
1588 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1589 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
1590 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
1591 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
1594 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
1597 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
1598 ----------------------------------
1601 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
1602 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
1603 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
1605 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
1606 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
1608 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
1609 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
1612 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
1614 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1615 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
1616 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1617 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
1618 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
1619 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
1620 two different movies
1621 * Support for current Ogg file formats
1622 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
1623 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
1626 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
1629 * The automatic updating facility was removed
1630 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1631 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
1632 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
1635 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
1636 ----------------------------------
1638 Various bugfixes, notably:
1639 * Windows Vista compatibility
1640 * Cropping in Direct3D
1641 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
1642 * RSS filter string overflow
1644 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
1646 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
1647 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
1650 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
1651 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
1654 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
1657 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
1660 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
1663 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
1664 ----------------------------------
1666 Various bugfixes, notably:
1667 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
1668 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
1669 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
1670 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
1671 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
1672 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
1675 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
1676 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
1679 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
1681 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1682 * Diverse usability improvements
1683 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
1684 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
1685 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
1688 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
1689 ---------------------------------
1691 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
1692 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
1695 * Fullscreen controller improvements
1698 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
1699 --------------------------------
1702 * Shoutcast TV listings support
1705 * Support for RTSP authentication
1706 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
1707 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
1708 * ATSC support for DVB input
1709 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
1710 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
1711 * Improved support for Flash Video files
1714 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
1715 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
1716 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
1717 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
1718 * Matroska WavPack support
1719 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
1720 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
1721 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
1724 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
1725 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
1726 * Improved libcaca support
1730 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
1731 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
1733 * Systray support in skins
1735 * Support for Apple Remote control
1736 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1737 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1738 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
1739 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
1741 * Notifications using notification-daemon
1744 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
1745 Windows 9x/ME users:
1746 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
1747 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
1748 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
1749 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
1750 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
1752 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
1753 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
1762 * Updates to the libvlc API
1763 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
1766 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
1767 --------------------------------
1770 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
1771 * Support for downloading updates
1775 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
1776 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
1777 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
1778 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
1780 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
1781 * Improved subtitles encoding support
1782 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
1785 * Cook (Real audio) support
1787 Playlist / Services discovery:
1788 * XSPF playlist support
1790 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
1793 * New JACK audio output
1796 * New video filters:
1797 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
1798 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
1799 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
1800 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
1801 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
1802 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
1805 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
1808 * System to inform the user and request information
1809 - HTTP authentication
1813 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
1814 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1815 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
1818 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
1819 - Improved playlist handling
1820 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
1822 - Embedded Video output
1823 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
1824 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
1825 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1826 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
1827 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
1829 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
1830 - A bunch of new RPN functions
1833 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
1836 * Mac-Intel compatibility
1837 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
1838 * Growl "Now playing" support
1841 * Ability to log to syslog
1842 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
1845 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
1847 * A bit more automatic testing
1850 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
1851 ---------------------------------
1854 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
1855 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
1858 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
1859 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
1862 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
1865 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
1866 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
1872 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
1875 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
1876 --------------------------------
1879 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
1883 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
1884 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
1885 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
1888 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
1889 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
1890 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
1891 * GnomeVFS input module
1892 * Support for RTP packet reordering
1893 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
1896 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
1897 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
1898 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
1901 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
1902 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
1908 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
1909 Mixer and Dolby Surround
1912 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
1913 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
1914 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
1917 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
1919 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
1920 - New extended controls panel
1921 - New bookmarks window
1922 - Fixed playlist sorting
1923 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
1925 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
1926 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
1927 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
1928 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
1932 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
1933 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
1935 - Include macro to include other files
1939 * Should now work outside IE as well
1942 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
1945 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
1946 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
1949 The following languages were added:
1953 * Simplified Chinese
1954 The following languages were re-added:
1958 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
1959 --------------------------------
1962 * Rewrite of the playlist
1964 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
1965 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
1966 * Preferences improvements:
1967 - New organization, designed to improve usability
1968 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
1970 * Core image manipulation support
1971 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
1972 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
1973 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
1974 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
1975 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
1976 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
1977 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
1978 now separated by ':' instead of ','
1979 * Access filter architecture
1980 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
1981 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
1985 * Support for SOCKS proxy
1986 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
1987 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
1988 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
1989 * Better support for Kasenna streams
1990 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
1991 * Massive Matroska improvements
1992 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
1994 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
1995 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
1996 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
1997 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
1998 * Support for FTP over IPv6
2000 Decoders / Encoders:
2001 * Dirac decoder and encoder
2002 * PNG decoder/encoder
2003 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
2004 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
2007 * New Record and Timeshift filters
2010 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
2011 * Brand new SAP module
2012 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
2013 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
2014 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
2015 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
2016 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
2017 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
2021 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
2024 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
2025 * Image file video output (png)
2026 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
2027 * Improvements to wall video filter
2028 * Support for font color and opacity
2034 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
2035 - Seeking support in VoD streams
2036 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
2040 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
2041 - Improved preferences
2042 - Improvements to the wizard
2043 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
2045 - Redesigned playlist
2046 - Improved preferences
2048 - Support for multiple actions
2051 - Support for the new playlist system
2053 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
2056 * Screensaver disabling fix
2057 * DirectShow tuner configuration
2058 * Support for no-decoration windows
2061 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
2062 * The OpenGL video output is back
2063 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
2064 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
2065 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
2066 is not yet available in the new module
2067 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
2070 * Support for single-buffered overlay
2079 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
2082 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
2085 The following languages were added:
2091 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
2092 --------------------------------
2095 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
2096 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
2099 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
2100 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
2101 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
2104 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
2107 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
2110 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
2113 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
2114 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
2115 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
2119 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
2121 * Support of playlist group announcement
2124 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
2125 --------------------------------
2128 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
2129 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
2130 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
2131 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
2132 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
2133 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
2136 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
2137 (Stream your desktop)
2138 * Improved DVD support:
2139 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
2140 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
2141 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
2142 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
2143 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
2144 (selection of titles/chapters).
2147 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
2148 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
2149 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
2150 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
2151 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
2152 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
2153 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
2154 * Improved Ogg demuxer
2155 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
2156 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
2159 * G.726 audio support
2160 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
2161 * MPEG-4 text support
2162 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
2163 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
2164 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
2168 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
2169 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
2170 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
2171 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
2172 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
2173 * DVB subtitles encoder
2174 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
2175 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
2177 * Text track muxing for mp4
2178 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
2179 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
2180 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
2181 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
2182 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
2183 * Improved ASF muxer
2185 * H.263 RTP streaming support
2186 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
2187 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
2190 * New audio equalizer filter
2191 * Very trivial volume normalizer
2192 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
2193 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
2194 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
2197 * Roku HD1000 Video output
2198 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
2199 with support for effects.
2200 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
2201 - New filters can be streamed.
2202 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
2203 - Centralized scaling and blending
2205 - "time", to display current time
2206 - "marq", to display a marquee
2209 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
2210 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
2211 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
2212 * A few skins2 improvements
2213 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
2214 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
2215 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
2216 * Improved CORBA control module
2219 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
2220 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
2221 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
2224 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
2225 * Experimental SVG rendering module
2226 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
2229 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
2230 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
2231 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
2232 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
2233 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
2236 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
2239 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
2240 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
2243 * Server/client network synchronization module
2244 * VBrick streams fully supported
2245 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
2249 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
2250 --------------------------------
2253 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
2254 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
2255 * Improved HTTP daemon.
2256 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
2259 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
2260 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
2261 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
2262 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
2263 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
2264 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
2265 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
2268 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
2269 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
2270 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
2271 * Improved directory access module.
2272 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
2273 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
2274 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
2275 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
2276 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
2279 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
2280 * mmsh streaming fixes.
2281 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
2284 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
2285 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
2286 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
2289 * Improved session announcement system.
2290 * Minimize threads usage by default.
2291 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
2292 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
2293 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2294 * Improved transrater.
2295 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
2296 * New configuration system.
2297 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
2300 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
2301 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
2302 * Supports live streams and VoD.
2303 * Supports scheduling.
2304 * Telnet interface for vlm.
2305 * HTTP interface for vlm.
2308 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
2309 - Ability to embed video output.
2310 - Support for bitmap fonts.
2311 - Lots of improvements.
2312 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
2313 - New design and set of icons.
2314 - Ability to embed video output.
2315 - Support for hotkeys.
2316 - Support for bookmarks.
2318 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
2319 - Better hotkeys handling.
2322 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
2323 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
2324 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
2325 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
2328 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
2329 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
2330 * Improved Windows installer.
2336 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
2337 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
2340 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
2341 ---------------------------------
2344 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
2345 * Playing MOD files is working now.
2348 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
2349 --------------------------------
2352 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
2353 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
2356 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
2357 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
2358 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
2359 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
2362 * Internal improvments
2363 * Improved import/export
2366 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
2368 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
2369 small and strange formats.
2371 * New MOD audio demux.
2372 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
2373 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
2374 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
2375 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
2378 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
2379 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
2380 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
2386 * New opengl video output plugin.
2389 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
2390 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
2393 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
2394 --------------------------------
2397 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
2398 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
2399 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
2400 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
2401 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
2402 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
2403 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
2404 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
2407 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
2412 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
2413 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
2414 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
2415 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
2416 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
2417 * Reworked DVB tuning.
2418 * Better Icecast support.
2419 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
2420 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
2423 * Support for Theora video encoding.
2424 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
2425 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
2426 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
2427 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
2428 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
2429 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
2432 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
2433 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
2434 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
2435 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
2436 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
2437 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
2438 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
2439 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
2440 * Preliminary RTP support.
2441 * Fixes to SAP announces.
2446 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
2447 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
2449 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
2450 - Improvements and help in preferences
2451 - New streaming wizard
2452 - Revised Disc Open menu
2454 - Improvements of the standard pages
2455 - Support for new commands
2456 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
2459 * Many fixes to the SAP module
2460 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
2463 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
2464 * Text subtitles autodetection.
2465 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
2466 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
2467 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
2468 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
2469 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
2470 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
2471 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
2474 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
2476 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
2477 * Support for Panther.
2478 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
2479 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
2482 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
2483 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
2484 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2485 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
2486 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
2487 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
2488 * Multimonitor support (untested).
2489 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
2492 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
2493 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
2494 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2497 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
2500 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
2501 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
2502 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
2503 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
2506 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
2507 --------------------------------
2510 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
2513 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
2514 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2517 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
2518 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
2521 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
2524 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2525 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2528 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2531 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2534 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2535 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2539 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2540 --------------------------------
2543 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2544 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2548 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2549 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2550 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2552 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2553 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2556 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2559 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2562 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2563 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2567 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2568 --------------------------------
2571 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2572 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2576 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2577 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2578 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2579 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
2580 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
2583 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
2584 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
2585 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
2588 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
2589 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
2590 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
2593 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
2594 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
2595 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
2596 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
2597 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
2600 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
2601 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
2602 * A new CORBA control plugin.
2605 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
2608 * Improved build system.
2609 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
2610 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
2611 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
2612 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
2615 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
2616 --------------------------------
2619 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
2622 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
2623 * Fixed large file support on Windows
2624 * Video 4 Linux support
2625 * CD Digital Audio support
2626 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
2629 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
2630 * Support for OpenDML avi files
2631 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
2632 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
2635 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
2636 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
2637 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
2638 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
2639 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
2640 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
2641 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
2644 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
2645 * New HTTP remote control interface
2648 * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
2649 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
2650 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
2651 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
2654 * New reset option for the preferences
2655 * You can set your language in the prefences
2656 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
2657 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
2658 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
2659 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
2662 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
2663 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
2664 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
2667 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
2668 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
2669 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
2670 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
2671 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
2672 * New icons by Davor Orel.
2673 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
2674 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
2675 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
2676 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
2679 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
2680 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
2681 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
2682 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
2683 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
2684 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
2685 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
2688 * Interface localization
2689 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
2690 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
2691 * New full-featured Preferences window
2694 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
2695 --------------------------------
2698 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
2699 * support for skins at the interface level
2700 * new OSD module using Freetype2
2701 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
2702 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
2703 input level before dropping out of date frames.
2704 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
2707 * fixed HTTP redirects
2708 * support for opening an entire directory
2709 * EOF should be detected more reliably
2710 * new video4linux access plug-in
2711 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
2714 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
2715 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
2716 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
2719 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
2720 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
2721 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
2722 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
2723 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
2724 * new codec for raw I420 video
2725 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
2728 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
2729 (although it still misses some important features)
2730 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
2733 * new HTTP output support
2734 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
2735 * fixed AV synchronization issues
2738 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
2741 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
2744 * reorderable playlist
2745 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
2746 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
2747 * support for mono audio output devices
2748 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
2749 * fixed several cosmetic issues
2750 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
2751 * the messages window remembers more lines
2752 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
2753 * http and ogg stream output options
2754 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
2757 * new skinnable interface
2758 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
2760 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
2761 * support for FLAC audio format
2762 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
2764 * network tab in the interface
2765 * "apply" handling in preferences
2768 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
2769 ---------------------------------
2772 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
2773 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
2774 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
2775 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
2777 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
2778 * DTS S/PDIF support
2781 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
2782 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
2783 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
2784 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
2787 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
2788 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
2791 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
2794 * fixed the GNU-pth support
2797 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
2799 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
2800 * rc interface is now fully useable
2801 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
2804 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
2805 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
2806 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
2807 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
2808 * VLC now uses the default audio device
2810 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
2811 * support for mouse gestures
2812 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
2815 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
2816 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
2819 * improved ID3 tag detection
2820 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
2821 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
2822 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
2824 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
2827 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
2828 ---------------------------------
2831 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
2832 English was set as the preferred language
2835 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
2836 --------------------------------
2839 * new mouse gesture interface
2840 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
2844 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
2845 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
2846 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
2849 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
2850 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
2854 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
2857 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
2858 without the user consent
2861 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
2863 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
2864 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
2865 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
2868 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
2869 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
2870 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
2871 * playlist enhancements
2872 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
2873 * new step forward/step backward commands
2874 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
2875 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
2876 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
2879 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
2880 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
2881 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
2884 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
2885 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
2888 * native video output is working again
2889 * only commandline interface support
2890 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
2893 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
2894 --------------------------------
2897 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
2898 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
2899 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
2900 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
2901 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
2902 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
2903 and A/52 streams are supported)
2904 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
2909 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
2910 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
2911 * VCD entry points support
2912 * VCD image file support
2915 * support for *.asf format
2916 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
2917 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
2918 * support for ogg encapsulation
2919 * support for raw DV format
2920 * support for *.wav format
2921 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
2924 Stream discovery & playlists:
2925 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
2926 * support for .m3u file format
2927 * support for .asx file format
2928 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
2931 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
2932 (only available with the .avi demux)
2933 * support for ADPCM audio codec
2934 * support for raw PCM data
2935 * support for Cinepak video codec
2936 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
2937 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
2938 * support for Xvid codec
2939 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
2940 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
2941 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
2943 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
2945 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
2948 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
2951 * new WxWindows interface
2952 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
2953 device and the channels configuration
2954 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
2955 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
2956 format that VLC can play
2957 * new swedish translation
2958 * enhancements of the playlist window
2959 * new messages window to see debug info
2960 * fixed a few crashes
2963 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
2964 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
2965 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
2966 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working